Awesome Compression

Awesome Compression is a learning-oriented repository for compression and coding algorithms. It combines concise algorithm notes with runnable C++ examples so the concepts can be studied from both theory and API usage.

Modules

• docs/ - VitePress GitHub Pages site for compression notes, comparisons, and learning guides.
• examples/cpp/ - C++17 examples that call common compression libraries and verify round-trip correctness.

First Algorithm Set

• ZSTD
• LZMA
• BSC
• LZ4
• zlib
• Brotli

Documentation

Run the documentation locally:

cd docs
npm install
npm run dev

Build the documentation:

cd docs
npm run build

C++ Examples

Build and run the examples:

cmake -S examples/cpp -B examples/cpp/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build examples/cpp/build
ctest --test-dir examples/cpp/build --output-on-failure

The examples use CMake FetchContent to fetch supported libraries. BSC is optional and may be disabled automatically when the upstream build is unavailable on the current platform.